Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (1687– 1765) was a German painter. Life Albrecht, who was born at Berg, near Aufkirchen in Bavaria, in 1687, was a pupil of Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, and studied in Venice and Rome. On his return to Germany in 1719, he became popular as an historical painter, and was appointed court-painter and inspector of the Picture Gallery at Munich, where he died in 1765. References Sources 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 1687 births 1765 deaths People from Starnberg (district) Court painters Catholic painters